Psych 2nd Sem Ex 9

A branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span

• Developmental Psychology
• Nature and Nurture
• Continuity and stages
• Stability and Change

How does our genetic inheritance interact with experiences to influence our development?

• Developmental Psychology
• Nature and Nurture
• Continuity and stages
• Stability and Change

What parts of development are gradual and continuous and what parts change abruptly in separate stages?

• Developmental Psychology
• Nature and Nurture
• Continuity and stages
• Stability and Change

Which of our traits persist through life? How do we change as we age?

• Developmental Psychology
• Nature and Nurture
• Continuity and stages
• Stability and Change

developmental psychologist who spent his life researching how the mind grows once conscious.

• Jean Piaget
• Schemas
• Accommodation
• Assimilation

concepts or mental molds into which we pour our experiences.

• Jean Piaget
• Schemas
• Accommodation
• Assimilation

Taking a new example and placing it in an existing category

• Jean Piaget
• Schemas
• Accommodation
• Assimilation

If the new example does not quite fit the schema, we receive correction and need to modify our understanding

• Jean Piaget
• Schemas
• Accommodation
• Assimilation

From birth to 2 the stage during which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions (what they see and hear) and motor activities (how they Move)

• Sensorimotor
• Preoperational
• Concrete operational
• Formal operational

2 to 6 or 7 years of age during which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic.

• Sensorimotor
• Preoperational
• Concrete operational
• Formal operational